Game



`FI-F. SCHAUER.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.31, 1920.

Patented July l2 FERDINAND F. SCHAUER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Judy 12, 1921.

Application filed December 31, 1920. Serial No. 434,200.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, FERDINAND F. SOHAUER, a citizen lof the United States, residing in Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of N ew York, have invented a certain lmprovement in Games, of which the following` is a specification.

r1`he present invention relates to a simple and cheap form of parlor baseball game, by the use of which the principal features of the game of baseball can be simulated under circumstances calling for a certain degree of skill from the players.

A preferred form of the device isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the game board with some of the men in position, and Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

The board comprises a rectangular field 10, bordered by gutters 11, 12 and 13, which lare suitably divided into sections or pockets by the partitions 14. The whole is inclosed by sides 15, A16, 17 and 18, and there 1s preferably provided an inwardly projecting rim 19, extending' around of the rectangle.

The field 10 is preferably marked with a diamond 20, having the home base 21, at the corner nearest the end of the board or box. The pitchers position is also marked as by a line 22.

The different sections of the gutters are marked as shown with words defining the result of projecting the marble into eachsuch as Home run, 2nd base, etc. Of course the particular marking assigned to each section may be varied according to judgment, and 1 am not limited to the specific marking shown.

rlhe players are represented by counters 28, some of which are shown resting upon the rim 19 directly over the positions they are supposed to have won by the progress of the game. These counters are preferably colored or marked in any convenient manner to identify the side to which they belong.

At the home base, a lever 24, is pivoted at 25, and is held in the position shown in full lines by a spring of any kind, as 26.

To play the game, the player whose side is in7 presses on the tail of the bat or lever three sides, at least,

24 to bring it into the position shown in dotted lines, and his opponent then rolls a marble or equivalent ball from the pitchers line. rlhe player at the bat tries to release the lever at the proper moment to project the marble into that one of the gutter sections which best suits his purpose, and it is in this that the skill of the game is developed.

W hen the marble is projected by the bat into a given gutter section, one of the men belonging to the side that is in7 is placed upon the rim 19, immediately over that section, and such other shifts are made as are appropriate, For instance, if there is already a man on second base and the marble goes into the section marked 2nd base, the first man is promoted to Home and a run is counted, while a new man goes on to-second base, etc. Certain sections result in putting the batter out as indicated in Fig. 1, for instance. Further description of the mode of playing would seem unnecessary, as it will be evident from the well known rules of baseball.

lt is to be noted that the partitions along the side gutters are preferably inclined toward the home plate, as this arrangement prevents the marble from bouncing out of the section.

For the same purpose the gutter sections at the far end of the board are provided with backs 27 sloping upward and away from the home plate, so as to carry the marble up against the under surface of the rim 19 from which it will drop into the gutter without any tendency to bounce out again.

"What I claim is 1. A game board comprising a central field having a projection center thereon, and means for impelling game pieces from said center, combined with a gutter at the marginal edge of the ield, said gutter having an upwardly and outwardly inclined back wall adapted to elevate and check projected game pieces deposited in the gutter, and having an inwardly projecting ledge overhanging said inclined wall for deflecting elevated game pieces back into the gutter.

2. A game board comprising a central lield having a projection center thereon, and means for projecting game pieces from said center, combined With a gutter at the side said projection center to deflectl elevated and of said field having an upwardly and outchecked gaine pieces back into the gutter. Wardly inclined back Wall adapted to ele- In testimony whereof I have hereto Set 10 vate and check projected gaine pieces demy hand on this 29th day of December, posited in the gutter and having a ledge 1920.

overhanging the inclined Wall and provided y with partitions in the gutter inclined toward FERDINAND F. SCI-IAUER. 

